DEUTERATION OF ETHYLENE, PROPYLENE AND BUTENES ON Pt ELECTRODE IN DEUTERATED ACIDS—D2O SOLUTIONS

Abstract
Deuteration of C2, C3 and C4, olefins was conducted at a platinum electrode in 0.5M D2SO4 or 1M DClO4–D2O solutions. In each case studied, deuteroparaffins reveal a common feature of a two maxima distribution; one is at partially deuterated paraffins and the other at perdeuteroparaffin. Appearance of the two maxima distribution clearly indicates the presence of two reaction paths. Isomerization during the deuteration of butene isomers was found small, 10∼30% of the total conversion.

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